Stephanie Russo Carroll

Stephanie Russo Carroll (Ahtna-Native Village of Kluti-Kaah) is an associate research professor with the University of Arizona’s Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and the Native Nations Institute housed at the Udall Center; an associate professor in the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health (Community, Environment, and Policy Department) and American Indian Studies Graduate Interdisciplinary Program; an affiliate faculty in the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law; and director of the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance.

Carroll’s research explores the links between Indigenous governance, data, the environment, and community wellness. Her interdisciplinary research network—the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance—develops research, policy, and practice innovations for Indigenous data sovereignty. The Collaboratory’s research, teaching, and engagement seek to transform institutional governance and ethics for Indigenous control of Indigenous data, particularly within open science, open data, and big data contexts. The Collaboratory’s disciplinary breadth includes public health, law, business, geography, library and information sciences, data science, sociology, social work, public policy, and environmental and climate sciences. As director, Carroll offers Indigenous women-led mentoring of undergraduate students through junior faculty and research staff with the goal of producing policy-relevant research through skill and knowledge acquisition.

Carroll co-founded the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and the Research Data Alliance’s International Indigenous Data Sovereignty Group. She is a founding member and current chair of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. Carroll co-edited the book Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy and led the publication of the CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance. She was a founding member of the University of Arizona’s American Indian and Indigenous Health Alliance Club and is a founding member and past president of the University of Arizona Native Faculty group, working to support the recruitment and retention of Indigenous students and faculty. She is a founding board member of the Copper River Tribal College in Chitina, Alaska.

Carroll received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health from the University of Arizona’s Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.